We're now into round 4 of our Summer Madness blockbuster reads online bracket game!
The Final Four battle is ON!
Here's some stats on each title to see how they match up against each other...
Genre: Humor, Chick Lit
Author: Lauren Weisberger
Published: October 6, 2003
Pages: 360
# of Books Sold: Over 4 million copies worldwide.
Awards: None
Adaptations: Film, Musical
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Genre: Fantasy Adventure
Author: Yann Martel
Published: September 11, 2001
Pages: 326
# of Books Sold: Over 3 million copies worldwide.
Awards: Man Booker Prize, 2002
Adaptations: Film, Play
Genre: Science Fiction, Comedy
Author: Douglas Adams
Published: October 12,1979
Pages: 180
Series: Book 1 of 6
# of Books Sold: Over 16 million copies worldwide.
Awards: Number one on the Sunday Times best seller list (1979), "Golden Pan" award from publishers for reaching the 1,000,000th book sold (1984), Waterstone's Books/Channel Four's list of the 'One Hundred Greatest Books of the Century', at number 24 (1996), and BBC's "Big Read" ranked it number four (2003).
Adaptations: Television Series, Film, Graphic Novel, Radio Programs, and Musical Albums.
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Genre: Historical Romance, Science Fiction
Author: Diana Gabaldon
Published: June 1, 1991
Pages: 640
Series: Book 1 of 8
# of Books Sold: Over 20 million copies worldwide.
Awards: Romance Writers of America's RITA Award for Best Romance of 1991.
Adaptations: Television Series, Graphic Novel, and a Musical.
Who will compete in the final match and be declared the literary champ?
Just click on the image of the book you think should win in this week's head-to-head match-ups and then click the vote button at the bottom of the page. We'll tally all of the votes and post the winners who advance to the next round each week.
Check back next week as our two Summer Madness finalists will be revealed!
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